merecer

Meaning

  1. to deserve
  2. (Argentina, dated, slang, vulgar) to have sex, used especially when talking about a nubile girl

Synonyms

ser digno

hacer méritos para

tener méritos de

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
me‧re‧cer
Pronounced as (IPA)
/meɾeˈθeɾ/
Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *merēscere, from Latin merēre.

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